Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

Business has a sustainability problem-and sustainability has a business problem, as many companies are fearful of engaging with social and environmental issues, owing to the costs and risks.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing human kind owing to the great uncertainty regarding future impacts, which affect all regions and many ecosystems.

Australian Climate Policy and Diplomacy provides a well overdue critique of existing, and high-profile, publications that convey the 'greenhouse mafia' hypothesis, which posits that Australia's weak policy response to climate change is the result of a menacing domestic fossil fuel lobby.

Immer mehr Investoren haben ESG-Kriterien in ihre Investitionskriterien integriert und immer mehr Banken ergänzen ihre Vergaberichtlinien für Kredite um ESG-Aspekte.

In 2019 the European Green Deal was launched by the European Commission with the aim of making the European Union climate neutral by 2050.

Analyzing the impact and benefits of nuclear energy on environment, this book examines nuclear treaties in relation to environmental protection, highlights legal framework on non-proliferation and denuclearization, explores treaties on nuclear safety and nuclear security, discusses legal regimes on management of nuclear wastes, assesses the third-party liability regime and discusses the role of IAEA, EURATOM and NEA in regulating nuclear energy.

As a heavy user of electricity the primary aluminium smelting industry is a leading example of the effects of variations in energy costs.

In an era marked by unprecedented technological advancements, the retail industry is at the forefront of a transformative journey.

An increased understanding of art and art-based-methods is needed to address the behavioral and cultural change in the sustainability transition.

Read over 20 exclusive, in-depth interviews with chief sustainability officers (CSOs) of Fortune 500 companies such as Amazon, Coca-Cola, and Procter & Gamble and globally recognized brands such as IKEA and Netflix.

The Handbook introduces, contextualises, critiques, and discusses a range of perspectives associated with the concept of the circular economy.

Building on the strengths of the material published in the hugely successful first edition of Greener Marketing, this important new title examines on a global scale the progress of environmental marketing in the 1990s and considers how social issues are increasingly becoming critical factors in how corporations meet the ever-growing demands and expectations of customers.

This illuminating new book presents a series of in-depth case studies from around the world based on numerous personal interviews with organizational leaders and focusing on their journey towards sustainability.

This book explores a series of connected themes focused on the role economics and other influential forms of theory and thinking have played in creating the current predicament and the scope for alternatives and how they might be framed.

Machine Learning, Cyber Security, and Blockchain in Smart Environment: Application and Challenges provides far-reaching insights into the recent techniques forming the backbone of smart environments, and addresses the vulnerabilities that give rise to the challenges in real-word implementation.

This book examines the responses of corporations and communities to the key challenges of climate change: mitigation, adaptation, and suffering.

Social impact communication is quickly become a mandatory skill for leaders of modern businesses and nonprofits, at all levels of an organization.

Combating climate change will increasingly impact on production industries and the workers they employ as production changes and consumption is targeted.

This edited volume provides an innovative perspective on the future of food systems.

This text shares practical experiences in establishing and implementing partnerships for development between business, government and civil society.

Given the ever-growing interest in the benefits of mindfulness to organizations and the individuals who work in them, this Companion is a comprehensive primary reference work for mindfulness (including creativity and flow) in the workplace, including business, healthcare, and educational settings.

This book examines the law and its development trends in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Vietnam.

Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, this book argues that growing environmental degradation and wealth inequality are linked to how nature is exploited to create economic wealth.

Contract farming has received renewed attention recently as developing economies try to grapple with how to transform the agricultural sector and its associated value chains.

Environmental sustainability is the future of business.

The Routledge Handbook of the History of Sustainability is a far-reaching survey of the deep and contemporary history of sustainability.

A Good Disruption describes how disruptive technology can be used to combat the economic challenges of our age and sets out an inspirational vision of a more effective and sustainable growth model.

With the sustainability emergency, businesses can no longer give priority to commercial interests (and financial gains) and close their eyes to societal and environmental interests.

Are the demands placed on 21st-century business leaders compatible with Christian values?

This book discusses how taxation can contribute to a sustainable economic development.

There are two questions often asked of risk communication: what has been learned from past work, and what is needed to push the field forward?

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Industrialisation has brought great benefits to humankind but now, after 200 years of fossil fuel use, land clearance and pollution, the planet's boundaries are being stretched to their limits.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent the leading governance frame with which the international community tries to address complex interconnected global issues.

Sustainability is a phenomenon that must be pursued in a complex system of interrelated elements of business, society, and ecology.

This book is a first step towards understanding the complexity of corporate environmental strategy while explaining the relationships between the numerous dimensions of the concept.

As we increase our awareness of the planetary challenges and how they intersect with the discipline or profession we choose to focus on, we have put our attention on the external forces and impacts.

Global economic growth, recently fuelled by Asia's emerging economies, has greatly accelerated the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and boosted demand for scarce natural resources, including energy, food and mineral raw materials.

Compelling reading, this book both reinforces and elevates the role of art in the exploration and analysis of the concepts of democracy, globalization and capitalism.

The construction of the European Economic Communities in 1950 primarily set out to build an integrated economic zone in which national borders were, to a large extent, overcome.

What would you get if you combined an entrepreneur, a technologist, a financier, and a strategist/ecologist with an international chef, corporate lawyer, architect, and more?

This book is a theoretically rich and empirically grounded account of UK trade union engagement with climate change over the last three decades.

This book presents a practical guide to help businesses navigate the complex topics of sustainability in the food industry.

Green Trade Agreements reviews and analyses the environmental provisions that have become an important characteristic of the growing number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements.

This volume addresses the need to integrate gender equality into business and management education and provides examples of leading initiatives illustrating how this can occur from various disciplinary and global perspectives.

Deliberative Governance for Sustainable Development argues that governance has become the core problem of sustainable development and identifies deliberative democracy and governance as a path forward for Western societies.

Winner of the 2024 Business Book Awards (Change & Sustainability category)Winner of the Bronze Axiom Business Book Award 2024 in the Philanthropy / Non Profit / Sustainability category.

Current models of corporate citizenship largely consider business as one coherent entity.

This book is a critical exploration of motorsport's contribution to 'the green transition', understood as a societal shift towards a fossil-free future, a circular economy, and greater social inclusiveness.